Word: amiens
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Dates: during 1998-1998
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...five other cities, that seemed entirely possible. The question may now be whether Habibie will be forced to give way to martial law and a military junta led by armed-forces chief General Wiranto or to a more progressive coalition of opposition figures, like Megawati Sukarnoputri, Abdurrahman Wahid and Amien Rais. What's certain is that the contest over reform has been radicalized. "The idea of revolutionary change has spread among the students," says a Western diplomat. "Now they shout revolusi rather than reformasi...
...moneymen and political lenders on whom Indonesia's economic revival depends, Habibie announced a new "reform and development" Cabinet that conspicuously dropped the most prominent of Suharto's cronies, and pledged to develop a government "free of corruption, collusion and nepotism." Few of Habibie's critics were impressed. Amien Rais, who leads the 28 million-member Muhammadiyah Muslim organization and has emerged as one of the strongest opposition figures in the past two weeks, said he would "neither endorse nor oppose" the new Cabinet but doubted it would last the full term...
...AMIEN RAIS Muslim leader directs the largely peaceful protests that topple Suharto, earns a future role...
...testament to the nature of power in Indonesia that the country must again be brought to the brink of disaster before leadership can be transferred. There is little argument that Suharto's rule is coming to an end. Said Amien Rais, a key opposition figure who heads the powerful Muhammadiyah Muslim organization: "The only way to stop this move toward anarchy is for Suharto to step down...